Posters for Productions & Adaptations

Design a poster for the play Cyrano de Bergerac, using any scene or character monologue as the basis for your idea. To begin, look over each of the posters shown below. What do you learn about each show from the poster? Which posters are you most interested in? Why? Which poster makes you want to come see the show? What is the function of the poster in the artistic process? Create a poster you feel best represents the play, using any variety of creative materials. Include the following criteria on the poster:

  • Name of Play: Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Playwright's Name: Edmond Rostand
  • Director's Name: Pick a director who suits style of your poster, living or dead
  • Actors: Cast the main parts
  • Website: Make up a creative choice
1945 French Play 1950 Ferrer Movie French
1990 Depardieu Movie 2007 Broadway Playbill 1992 Theater Royal Glasgow
1975 Dutch 2007 Lehman Theater French
2009 Austin Theater  2010 Nevada City 2004 Chicago Theater 
Oak Park Festival Leslie Bricusse Musical 2007 Turkish
2004 Librio Theater 2010 Cinicinnati Playhouse Miami U 2009 British National Theater
2007 New Yorker Review 200 French Text Rebecca Dautremer
Classics Illustrated Original Classics Illustrated second Classics Illustrated New
Romance Novel Romance Novel Fictionalized Biography
Roxanne DVD Roxanne DVD 1987 Roxanne Movie Poster

Updated 8 December 2023.
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